The People’s Choice Winner was Jesse Hunter with his “Roots and Fruits,” a cocktail made with Ragged Mountain Rum, apple juice, carrot juice, orange ginger simple syrup, lime and his own bee balm bitters!

Photo by Rachel Boroniec

After much anticipation, Joe Scully, last year’s Throwdown Champ, revealed the mystery ingredient – a simple syrup he concocted with shiso, tarragon and mint from the Prairie Whale garden! The competitors had just two minutes to create a cocktail to wow the judges.

Jesse Lee Egan Poirer did just that, earning him the title of 2016 Farm to Glass Throwdown Champ!